Improvement in bedsteads



H. 0G80 RN & T'. T. KEN DRICK.

Bedstead.

NO. 168.342. Patented Oct. 5,1875.

.PETERS, PMOTD-LTHDGRAPFIER, WASHINGYON. D C4 UNITED i STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AND TUNIS T. KENDRICK,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN B-EDSTEADS.l 1

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,342, dated October5, 1875; application led June 25, 1875. Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, in the county ofWayne and State of Indiana, and TUNrs T. KENDRIGK, of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented certain new, useful, and valuableImprovements in Bedsteads; and we hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of our invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of one of the l cross-bars and legs attached to the same. Fig.

3 is avertical detailed view of devices for uniting and holding ourbedstead together at the corners. Fig. 4. is a detached vertical view ofa portion of one of the side rails of our bedstead.

This invention relates to that class of bedsteads wherein the head andfoot boards are secured to the side rails by tongue-and-groove joints;and it consists, rst,of a head and foot board for a bedstead, providedwith grooved cleats, in combination with side rails therefor, providedwith ton gued tenons for the purposes of detachably securing the partsto gether to permit them to be readily taken to pieces and put togetherat pleasure; secondly, in bedstead-legs provided with tenons on theirupper ends, in combination with cross-bars provided with holes ormortises through them for the reception of the tenons on the legs, theobject being to firmly and cheaply attach the legs to the body of thebedstead, in order that they may be readily removed at pleasure andreplaced when desired.

In our invention, D D are cross-bars, hav-v ing tenons on their ends forsupporting the bedstead, which pass into the mortises B B in the siderails A A of the bedstead. These tenons should be made to project ashort distance outside of the side rails, as shown in Fig. l. Thecross-bars D D have mortises or round holes M through them for theadmission of tenons G G on the upper ends of legs a. These legs areconstructed, as shown, with tenons on their upper ends, so that they maybe readily attached and detached. The side pieces A A have verticaldovetailed tenons on their ends, which, when in place, rest between thegrooved cleats I I, the latter being firmly attached Vto the head andfoot boards H E. The head and foot boards may or may not be providedwith grooves g g, extending from the bottom thereof upward the width ofthe side rails A A, so that the latter will v pass into the groove theirentire width, and be stopped when the bottom of the rail is even withthe bottom of the head and foot board. By this means all the parts aredetachably secured together.

The operation is as follows When it is desired to use our invention as abedstead. the cross-bars D D are placed with their tenons C C in themortises B B in side rails A A, which hold them together. The head andfoot boards are attached to the sides by slipping the dovetailed tenonsh h on the ends of the side pieces A A, between the grooved cleats I I,thus rmly uniting the frame together. To linish setting up the bed, thetenons G Gr on the legs a a, are inserted into the holes or mortises M Min the bars D D, when all will be completed as a bedstead.

If it is desired to use a portion of our` invention as a frame for abed-bottom, itis only necessary to detach the head and foot boards andthe legs from the sides, when it may be set into an ordinary bedstead,the tenons C C allowed to rest on the ledges of the ordinary bedstead,and springs attached to the bars D D, to support slats or other coveringattached to the springs.

If it is not desired at any time to use the side rails and bars, as lastindicated, the mortises B B may be made only part way through the siderails, and the tenons C C made short, so as not to extend all the waythrough rails A A.

Our invention is cheaply made, easily taken apart and put together, canbe packed in small bulk for shipment, and is well adapted for the use ofhotels, hospitals, and families.

Having thus described our invention, what in combination with thecross-bars D D, hav- We claim therein as new and useful, and deing theholes or mortises M M, substantially Sire to secure by Letters Patent,is as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

l. The head and foot boards H H, provided with the grooved cleats I I,in combination HARRISON OGBORN. with the side rails A A, having theldove- TUNIS T. KENDRIOK. tailed tenons h h, constructed and operatingWitnesses: substantially as and for the purposes set forth. W. E. BELL,

2. The legs a a, provided with tenons Gr Gr, J. R. MEIST.

